Holiday Giveaway: Win the premier issue of Sew It All and a one year subscription to Sew News magazine!

It’s time for our second annual Holiday Giveaway Calendar! Everyday in the month of December we are giving away an amazing prize! It’s super easy to enter, just leave your comment answering the bolded questions below by noon EST 12/17 and a lucky winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries!

Today, enter to win the premier issue of Sew It All and a one year subscription to Sew News magazine!

KNOWMORE TO SEWMORE with Sew News magazine! Each issue is full of fun projects, timeless techniques and expert advice to help you achieve successful stitching every time. Sew It All is a special issue of Sew News, available for a limited time only. This premiere issue is full of 45 fun and easy projects, 50 cool tools, and 5 profit possibilities to help you turn your hobby into a career! Sew News is published 6 times a year; a 1-year subscription is available for $21.98. Sew It All is available for $9.99. Order both at www.shopsewingdistrict.com.

We want to congratulate Ronda on winning yesterday’s Oliso TG1600 Smart Iron! Her comment was chosen at random from all eligible entries. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck in today’s giveaway!

I would love a section on tips & techniques. Everyone has their own way of doing something and it would be great to have a section of just that. Tips such as different ways to use your serger, other than for general serging! No matter how many years one has been sewing, there is always someone out there who has figured out helpful “tricks” or have a load of tips in their sewing basket!

A column on the stupid steps we sewers forget to do every time. Especially with Home decor; accurate measuring, matching patterns, whether to line or leave unlined. Also a column on how to draft patterns. Simple steps on skirts, bodices, even pants. Where to start with learning pattern drafting. Also an article on fabric draping!! At Christmas, I need projects that I can do in mass. Big impact with with lots of impact. Thanks. Lynne- Sew Right For You

My ideal sewing magazine would be one along the lines of Ottobre magazine, including the free patterns. I just love all the lovely designs, hints, tips and colorful samples in that mag. Time saving tips and shortcuts are also a GREAT idea. I would be so happy to recieve a subscription to Sew News, though, because they always give you great ideas!

quick tips like others said would be great – i.e. best way to hem jeans, or knits etc. also would love patterns for accessories (bags etc) and home accessories that are a little more updated than most patterns in store.

I would like to read about how to incorporate current trends, and the greatest trends of the past into basic sewing patterns. I would also like to know how to recycle old clothes and fabric scraps into beautiful new things. It would also be really neat to have a special column on buttons, because there are so many buttons out there and so many uses for them (jewelry, decoration, fastening, etc.).

Patterns would be great. And I think a range of material for both very elementary beginners to experts would make a great magazine. Also, maybe suggested websites/stores for fabrics and notions. And little helpful hints that people wouldn’t necessarily think of – kind of like a write in for DIY tips.

i’d like to see project instructions given at different skill levels. start with the most basic way to create an item for beginners and then build on that same item for intermediate and them again for the pros. it would be the same project but acessible for all skill levels.

I would like to see multi-level projects…ie. one project with beginner level techniques and materials. Then, the SAME project taken up a level to medium difficulty( with more advanced techniques, possible fabric more difficult to sew) Then, once more with an “expert” level of the same project(more difficult or more expanded finishing techniques for example) . This might encourage creators to try and challenge them selves to complete projects at a more challenging level, without scaring them.

Definitely a section on where a basic technique is reviewed each month(step-by-step instruction and why you need to know it and practice it). Patterns for each season for novice, intermediate and expert sewers. Reviews of the latest gadgets and tools for sewing. Reviews of the latest books and fabrics. Also features about designers and their lives. Tips and techniques to make sewing easier. Maybe columns on vintage fabrics—what’s out there and what to do with it. Home decor sewing section—maybe 1 project (such as a pillow) patterned & sewn three different ways: classic, contemporary & eclectic (or retro).

1. Always feature an alterations tip.
2. A fabric spotlight would be great too – it would be a nice primer on a particular fabric.
3. A mix of basic and couture techniques so that it appeals to a range of sewing skills
4. A RTW knockoff how-to and pattern would be cool too.

Patterns, resources on where to get fabric, etc., sewing magazine/book/pattern reviews, a write in with your question section, different uses for old and/or ‘non sewing’ things (mens shirt to a girls dress, paper towel holder into ribbon stand,…)

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